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Barrett Strong, longtime Motown songwriter, who was responsible for such megahits as "I Heard It Throgh the Grapevine" has died at age 81. The vocalist on Motown's first hit song has died. Barrett ...
NEW YORK — Raynoma Gordy Singleton, who played a vital role in the early days of Motown as the business partner and second wife of Berry Gordy Jr., the record label’s founder and patriarch, died Nov.
When Motown alumni gather Sunday in Los Angeles for their annual get-together, there will be plenty of hugs, backslaps, catching up and reminiscing, full of long-told stories shared once again. The ...
Do Elemental’s budget Motown reissues deliver? A clear-eyed review of Four Tops and Supremes albums from the late ’60s and early ’70s. Elemental Music’s affordable reissue series brings classic Motown ...
In 1971, Motown founder Berry Gordy created MoWest, a California label that would last only two years before being dismantled. A new anthology... The Strange Sound Of Motown's Early Hollywood Years ...
Everyone has heard of Motown Records, but few probably remember its Los Angeles offshoot, MoWest. It didn't last long — only two years — but during its life span, MoWest allowed Motown to try out new ...
Everyone has heard of Motown Records, but few probably remember its Los Angeles offshoot, MoWest. It didn't last long — only two years — but during its life span, MoWest allowed Motown to try out new ...